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brennan, george tenet and mr. berger have the courage to defend americans. >> i wish those gentlemen were here to de fend themselves. >> i would be delighted any e time to talk to them in public on any forum, ma'am. >> hopefully we can arrange that. i'm sure they'll want to answer your charge. >> i'm sure they would. >>> up next, we get out of washington and head to the beautiful state of utah. where john king caught up with one mayor who's looking to change the status quo by changing the local liquor laws. ♪ [ female announcer ] most people make resolutions... based on what they see on the outside. ♪ this year, focus on what's inside... and let cheerios help tackle your cholesterol. now you could win a free box to get started. >>> every week on "state of the union" john king travels to a different state. in this week's american dispatch he set his sights on utah. known for its strong mormon values. as john quickly learned, there were also those looking to shake things up. >> reporter: sunrise makes the great
brennan, george tenet and mr. berger have the courage to defend americans. >> i wish those gentlemen were here to de fend themselves. >> i would be delighted any e time to talk to them in public on any forum, ma'am. >> hopefully we can arrange that. i'm sure they'll want to answer your charge. >> i'm sure they would. >>> up next, we get out of washington and head to the beautiful state of utah. where john king caught up with one mayor who's looking to change the...
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brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own internal reviews. preliminary findings, and he's got those. no reporting of what his evaluation is. but the next step is what are the recommendations to fix this, what do we need to do to correct the system or hold people accountable in the administration. as far as brennan, i would go back to the one question that was not answered in the way, why not enemy combatant. otherwise he answer every question. i think there will be something about the answers, like the idea that we may still send people to yemen from guantanamo, and that's a different question. >> pam, another issue on the nbc program, that of privacy and civil rights. these full-body scanners that are used in about a dozen airports around the country and could be standard. >> if you see the image that comes out of these, they are quite detailed. and i am not
brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own internal reviews. preliminary findings, and he's got those. no reporting of what his evaluation is. but the next step is what are the recommendations to fix this, what do we need to do to correct the system or hold people accountable in the administration. as...
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brennan, thank you. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: give us the latest information. please come back, sir. >> thank you. >> chris: up next, reaction to the attempted attack and advice about what president obama needs to do now from the top republican on the senate intelligence committee. back in a moment. ( music playing ) hey! announcer: you don't drive every time you smoke. yet you smoke every time you drive. driving and smoking don't have to go together. re-learn life without cigarettes, free, at becomeanex.org. a new way to think about quitting. >>> start your day with 100% all natural florida orange juice, the original power beverage that during cold and flu season gives your system many of the vitamin and minerals it we are building a website by ourselves. announcer: there's an easier way. create your own business site with intuit websites. just choose a style, then customize, publish and get found. sweet. get a 30-day free trial at intuit.com. >> chris: joining us now to [brie
brennan, thank you. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: give us the latest information. please come back, sir. >> thank you. >> chris: up next, reaction to the attempted attack and advice about what president obama needs to do now from the top republican on the senate intelligence committee. back in a moment. ( music playing ) hey! announcer: you don't drive every time you smoke. yet you smoke every time you drive. driving and smoking don't have to go...
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brennan, george tenet, and mr. burger had the courage to try to defend americans. >> i wish all the gentlemen were here to defend themselves. >> i would delighted any team to talk with them in public, in any forum, ma'am. >> hopefully we can arrange that some day. they would want to answer your charge. >> thank you for being here. >> up next we get out of washington and head to the beautiful state of utah where john king caught up with one mayor looking to change the status quo by changing the local liquor laws. i can breathe through my nose immediately. afrin has made me happy. is that a silly statement? (announcer) afrin. why suffer? hey, coach, seeing you really brings back some great memories. wait a minute, coach, you're the coach. you taught me everything i know. you taught me everything i know about nutrisystem. heck, i lost -- two sports legends, one simple way to lose weight and eat great: marino, shula, and nutrisystem for men. start your year off right. order now and you can get two weeks of meals free,
brennan, george tenet, and mr. burger had the courage to try to defend americans. >> i wish all the gentlemen were here to defend themselves. >> i would delighted any team to talk with them in public, in any forum, ma'am. >> hopefully we can arrange that some day. they would want to answer your charge. >> thank you for being here. >> up next we get out of washington and head to the beautiful state of utah where john king caught up with one mayor looking to change...
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john brennan's response this morning. guest: there indications that they are targeting our embassy and our personnel. we will not take chances with the lives of our diplomats and others overseas. we made a decision overnight. i spoke with ambassador sessions last night and this morning to make sure we are doing everything possible to protect diplomats there. we are working closely with yemenis. we will not take chances. >> you had indications, intelligence that they might try to explode a bomb or attacked the embassy? >> al qaeda has been trying to carry out attacks over the past month. in november, 2008, there were trying. there are a number of operatives determined to carry out such attacks. we will not let that happen. if we have to close the embassy to insure we get optimal security, we will do that. >> are u.s. citizens in yemen in danger? >> the embassy has a warning system so that other u.s. citizens in country are notified. we are doing everything possible to make sure all u.s. citizens as well as it was the andye
john brennan's response this morning. guest: there indications that they are targeting our embassy and our personnel. we will not take chances with the lives of our diplomats and others overseas. we made a decision overnight. i spoke with ambassador sessions last night and this morning to make sure we are doing everything possible to protect diplomats there. we are working closely with yemenis. we will not take chances. >> you had indications, intelligence that they might try to explode a...
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brennan said today, quote, we are not going to take any chances. this comes just hours after the head of u.s. central command, general david petraeus, met with yemen's president to talk about increasing counterterrorism efforts in the country. and it also came on the same weekend of president obama acknowledged for the first time publicly the connection between al qaeda and yemen and that suspect in the failed christmas bombing attack over detroit. >>> a big development this morning in the thanksgiving day murder case in florida. the suspect is now behind bars after spending five weeks on the run. police arrested paul merhige at a motel last night in the florida keys. he stands accused of killing his twin sisters, his aunt and his cousin's 6-year-old daughter. the little girl's parents reacted to the arrest this morning on the "today" show. >> it was a huge relief to know that the monster is in the cage the last, you know, ever since we've come back into the house, i've been in protective mode and we've had jupiter police in front of our house and
brennan said today, quote, we are not going to take any chances. this comes just hours after the head of u.s. central command, general david petraeus, met with yemen's president to talk about increasing counterterrorism efforts in the country. and it also came on the same weekend of president obama acknowledged for the first time publicly the connection between al qaeda and yemen and that suspect in the failed christmas bombing attack over detroit. >>> a big development this morning in...
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brennan says the failed terror attack on a u.s. airliner christmas day will not change plans to close guantanamo bay. he calls the attempted attack a unique incident that will not impact the transfer of prisoners from the u.s. mill prison. lawmakers have called on the obama administration to stop sending yemeni detainees back to their country, citing the terrorist attack there. brennan says some will be sent back. >> i have been in a constant dialogue about the arrangements in place. several were put into custody as soon as they rirnd to yemen. we making sure we won't do anything to put citizens at risk. >> those are your top stories here on "state of the union." back to you, jessica. plenty to talk about this morning. >> there really is. that was a startling sound byte from him when you were interviewing him. he's sending those guys back. did you get the sense it will maybe be in a hundred years or some unknown date? >> i think the operative thought is' rently they're going to go back. remember, we just sent six back to yemen. the
brennan says the failed terror attack on a u.s. airliner christmas day will not change plans to close guantanamo bay. he calls the attempted attack a unique incident that will not impact the transfer of prisoners from the u.s. mill prison. lawmakers have called on the obama administration to stop sending yemeni detainees back to their country, citing the terrorist attack there. brennan says some will be sent back. >> i have been in a constant dialogue about the arrangements in place....
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we have to ask, what was brennan doing? why were there so many breakdowns in terms of the collection of intelligence, processing of intelligence? why didn't they know this guy was on the plane? why wasn't he on a no fly list? why did he get a visa to begin with? mr. brennan will have to come up with very good answers. but again, the issue is really we need new programs. those programs have been on the table or new policies. those have been on the table for the past eight years. trusted traveler program, limitations on visas, secondary screening for target populations, all those things we've known about for a long time and this isn't really rocket science. we don't need to reinvent the wheel in order to get the answers here. >> yeah. they want to review issuance with emphasis on counterterrorism regarding issuing visas and determining how technology can facilitate visa business processes. how can a man from nigeria, now coined as one of the countries that now will go through this additional screening process that we were ale
we have to ask, what was brennan doing? why were there so many breakdowns in terms of the collection of intelligence, processing of intelligence? why didn't they know this guy was on the plane? why wasn't he on a no fly list? why did he get a visa to begin with? mr. brennan will have to come up with very good answers. but again, the issue is really we need new programs. those programs have been on the table or new policies. those have been on the table for the past eight years. trusted traveler...
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brennan said today, "we are not going to take any chances." this comes just a day after the head of u.s. central command, general david petraeus, met with yemen's president to talk about increasing terrorism efforts in the country. both the united states and the uk also announced an increase in funds to yemen to combat al qaeda militants there. this is all happening on the very same weekend president obama acknowledged publicly for the first time the connection between al qaeda and yemen and the suspect in that failed christmas bombing attack. in a few minutes we'll have more on the latest news out of yemen. >>> there is a big development this morning in that thanksgiving day murder case in florida. the suspect is now behind bars after five weeks on the run. police arrested paul merhige at a hotel last night in the florida keys. he's accused of killing his twin sisters, his aunt and 56-year-old girl. >> it was a huge relief to know that the monster's in the cage ever since we've come back into the house, i've been in protective mode. we've had
brennan said today, "we are not going to take any chances." this comes just a day after the head of u.s. central command, general david petraeus, met with yemen's president to talk about increasing terrorism efforts in the country. both the united states and the uk also announced an increase in funds to yemen to combat al qaeda militants there. this is all happening on the very same weekend president obama acknowledged publicly for the first time the connection between al qaeda and...
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brennan refused to say when. as for the u.s. and british embassies in yemen there's no word yet on when they will open again. brooke, back to you. >> samantha hayes for us out of washington. thank you. >>> want to dig deep other this story developing out of yemen and speak with a professor of middle eastern politics at the london school of economics and political science. he's also written two recent books about islamic militancy. joining me now from new york, if i can put you on the spot and get you to react to this news. new directive, enhanced screening for folks, inbound flights to the u.s. from nations of state sponsored terrorism. what do you think, will it be effective? >> i think any particular measure to enhance security is a good measure. i think in light of the failed attempt, christmas attack, i think this is the way to go. i think for the safety of passengers and safety of everyone. >> all right. let's talk about al qaeda specifically. and according to the yemen foreign minister, numbers we have seen, between 200 an
brennan refused to say when. as for the u.s. and british embassies in yemen there's no word yet on when they will open again. brooke, back to you. >> samantha hayes for us out of washington. thank you. >>> want to dig deep other this story developing out of yemen and speak with a professor of middle eastern politics at the london school of economics and political science. he's also written two recent books about islamic militancy. joining me now from new york, if i can put you on...
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john brennan, welcome to state of the union. before we get to that christmas day bomb plot, there's breaking news this morning that we need to talk about. and that is just hours ago the u.s. embassy in i can't men closed in response to threats from al qaeda. we know you've been briefed by general petraeus and others and general petraeus was of course just in yemen. is there an imminent threat to all americans there? >> i spoke with our ambassador in yemen both this morning swellings last night, and there are indications that al qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against target inside of saana, possibly our embassy, and what we do is to take every measure possible to ensure the safety of our dip proceed matts and citizens abroad. so the decision was made to close the embassy, we're working closely on taking the plo security precautions. >> is this type of imminent threat there evidence of a ramped up threat by al qaeda generally to move to american soil as we saw on christmas day? >> i think what we've seen over the past se
john brennan, welcome to state of the union. before we get to that christmas day bomb plot, there's breaking news this morning that we need to talk about. and that is just hours ago the u.s. embassy in i can't men closed in response to threats from al qaeda. we know you've been briefed by general petraeus and others and general petraeus was of course just in yemen. is there an imminent threat to all americans there? >> i spoke with our ambassador in yemen both this morning swellings last...
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brennan says the u.s. embassy in yemen closed today because of threats by al qaeda to attacks against u.s. interests in this country. it's still unclear when it will reopen. the british embassy in yemen is also closed, but may reopen tomorrow. >>> yesterday president obama linked the air terror suspect to an al qaeda affiliate based in yemen. those are the top stories on "state of the union." now to howie kurtz. >> gloria, before you go, let me get you in on this. john brennan told you the last hour the system didn't work. j janet napolitano seven days ago said the system did work. do you think journalists rejected napolitano's spin as being ludicrous? >> i think she probably rejected it herself the minute after she said it. it was clear to everyone the system did not work. as you saw today, the first thing practically that john brennan said to us was, look, the system did not work. the system failed. so it was one of those cases of spin that she probably wishes she could take back. >> changed the tune wit
brennan says the u.s. embassy in yemen closed today because of threats by al qaeda to attacks against u.s. interests in this country. it's still unclear when it will reopen. the british embassy in yemen is also closed, but may reopen tomorrow. >>> yesterday president obama linked the air terror suspect to an al qaeda affiliate based in yemen. those are the top stories on "state of the union." now to howie kurtz. >> gloria, before you go, let me get you in on this. john...
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when john brennan today, he said we thought the threat was aspirational. in other words, we thought the direct threat against us wasn't something to be taken seriously. i mean, you can read the newspaper and know that al-qaeda is training operatives in yemen. how can you not know that? i think it goes to the question of we are at war and it's a war that does not end at the iraqi and afghanistan border and the president has been reluctant to use the word war on terror. he went to cairo thinking he could make a conciliatory speech and they would like us. they don't. nothing changed. we're at war. he did say we're at war against al-qaeda yesterday, but i think that has to be reflected by his advisors all the way down, from brennan to janet napolitano, yesterday said -- she first said the system worked and then yesterday the system doesn't work, as if it was an engine failure instead of a planned bombing on an airline. they got to use real language that speaks to the real threat that's coming at this country constantly. >> charles? >> i think if you look back
when john brennan today, he said we thought the threat was aspirational. in other words, we thought the direct threat against us wasn't something to be taken seriously. i mean, you can read the newspaper and know that al-qaeda is training operatives in yemen. how can you not know that? i think it goes to the question of we are at war and it's a war that does not end at the iraqi and afghanistan border and the president has been reluctant to use the word war on terror. he went to cairo thinking...
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he went over there the past couple of days and just briefed john brennan, the chief anti-terror adviser, and relayed what brennan found out to him, all of the information when it comes to al qaeda has certainly gotten to more and more in front of the president anti-terrorism strategy. so it is striking some that, frankly, make sure, i know a lot of people are pointing fingers at me. this is now what we know. we know that al qaeda is once again trying to come at us. we know dennis blair, he did a director to national intelligence employees that was a little bit defensive as well. so you're almost seeing a prebuttal, because you know, lester, all of these folks are going to get called before congress in the next couple of weeks. never mind the presidential meeting on tuesday. those congressional hearings are going to get quite heated as well, lester. >> chuck todd with the president in honolulu, thank you. >>> much more on all of this tomorrow morning on "meet the press." among david gregory's defend, deputy national security adviser john brennan as well as former hs security director mic
he went over there the past couple of days and just briefed john brennan, the chief anti-terror adviser, and relayed what brennan found out to him, all of the information when it comes to al qaeda has certainly gotten to more and more in front of the president anti-terrorism strategy. so it is striking some that, frankly, make sure, i know a lot of people are pointing fingers at me. this is now what we know. we know that al qaeda is once again trying to come at us. we know dennis blair, he did...
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>> our headlinesers this morning, the top adviser, john brennan. key members of house and senate homeland security committees. congressman pete hoekstra and senator susan collins. senator joe lieberman and congressman jane harmon. >>> and the politics of national security with our round table. george will, cynthia tucker. ron brownstein, and david sanger of "the new york times." >>> and as always, "the sunday funnies." >>> president obama's plan for 2010 is to do all the things he said he was going to do this year. >>> and we begin with the man who is leading the president's review of the intelligence failures that led to the christmas day attempted bombing of flight 253. department security adviser john brennan. thanks for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> there's news that the united states embassy and the british embassy in yemen are closed this morning. what can you tell us about the intelligence? what is it shows about the new threats to u.s. interests there? >> it shows the threat that al qaeda poses in the area. i spoke with t
>> our headlinesers this morning, the top adviser, john brennan. key members of house and senate homeland security committees. congressman pete hoekstra and senator susan collins. senator joe lieberman and congressman jane harmon. >>> and the politics of national security with our round table. george will, cynthia tucker. ron brownstein, and david sanger of "the new york times." >>> and as always, "the sunday funnies." >>> president obama's...
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. >> with us live this morning, john brennan. >>> then the politics of fighting terror. republicans accuse the obama administration of letting the country's guard down by failing to treat the fight against terror as an all-out war. what more should be done to keep americans safe? are extra security measures at the airports the answer? with us, two members of the bush administration's national security team, former director of the cia, michael hayden, and former secretary of homeland security, michael chertoff. >>> finally, in this new year, a crowded inbox for the president -- terrorism, unemployment, and the final mile on health care reform. insights on what's ahead for the obama agenda with our round table. nbc special correspondent tom brokaw, "new york times" columnist david brooks, "washington post" columnist e.j. dionne, and historian dori kearns goodwin. >>> but fit some news this morning. the u.s. has closed its embassy in the capital of yemen because of what officials are calling an active security threat posed by al qaeda there. the announcement one day after t
. >> with us live this morning, john brennan. >>> then the politics of fighting terror. republicans accuse the obama administration of letting the country's guard down by failing to treat the fight against terror as an all-out war. what more should be done to keep americans safe? are extra security measures at the airports the answer? with us, two members of the bush administration's national security team, former director of the cia, michael hayden, and former secretary of...
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even after the president spoke and we heard from brennan and also homeland security secretary napolitano, i am still not reassured. when you get down to the substance of what is being recommended, you end up saying, "g, i thought they had done that already. what is new about this?" it is nice that the president -- i don't mean to sound condescending -- that he has taken "the buck stops here," but the team he has around him just fails, in my view, to make me feel like they know what they doing. there is boosterism. i don't care that he says to the president, "i have failed you." i don't care about that. it is irrelevant. what i am interested in is performance, and when i don't see is any reassurance -- >> colby is right about this recommendations. the first directive that he mentioned in the speech he gave this week is that a high priority intelligence will be dealt with efficiently. well, there is something remarkable. you would assume that that would already be happening. >> he would assume that that would be happening for nine years. we have been at this for nine years and we are bette
even after the president spoke and we heard from brennan and also homeland security secretary napolitano, i am still not reassured. when you get down to the substance of what is being recommended, you end up saying, "g, i thought they had done that already. what is new about this?" it is nice that the president -- i don't mean to sound condescending -- that he has taken "the buck stops here," but the team he has around him just fails, in my view, to make me feel like they...
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i was shocked when brennan said that. it is -- it has to be a shock to the american people that this is the first time apparently intelligence community has at least thought of the possibility that al qaeda might in yemen might be focused on the homeland. general jones, the president's national security adviser, said there would be shocking details in the report. perhaps this is one of the things he had in mind when he said that. >> jeanne, you wanted to weigh in too. >> on a couple of things. one, so now they put lite a lot focus on yemen. what about somalia, algeria and other places in asia? and how thin is this going to spread the resources? is it a wacable situation where, okay, now we focus attention on yemen as well as afghanistan and pakistan, yet you still have problems elsewhere around the world. >> do you think, paula, you're in yemen now, are they looking for awlaki who has apparently inspired some extremists through the including major nide nadal hassan? >> reporter: we're starting to delve into the family tie
i was shocked when brennan said that. it is -- it has to be a shock to the american people that this is the first time apparently intelligence community has at least thought of the possibility that al qaeda might in yemen might be focused on the homeland. general jones, the president's national security adviser, said there would be shocking details in the report. perhaps this is one of the things he had in mind when he said that. >> jeanne, you wanted to weigh in too. >> on a couple...
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brennan talkedbout will, in fact, fix it? >> think the right direction and rtainly the right sts in light of the current case and theurrent case study and the thing that we discovered that went wrong. i worry kn that we not lude ourselves that there is a perct system. lehrer: there is no such thing. >> there no su thing as a perft system. and in particular when are you talking about watch lists and noly lists. we are still deang with a name base system. largely relyg on the fact that people e their real namehen they check in, use their re passport. but know that the bad guys are constany novating, constantly fiing ways around our screening. may use alses, false passpos,. and we have to have a dual system of iense telligence gathering with the types of skraening tt wi allow us to find the hien explosives. and system is perfect, unfortunately. lehrer: how do you feel about thfixes, mr. clarke? >> we've got a good stem. it can be made bter. the great ws here is that the esident of the united states is down in the weeds trying to
brennan talkedbout will, in fact, fix it? >> think the right direction and rtainly the right sts in light of the current case and theurrent case study and the thing that we discovered that went wrong. i worry kn that we not lude ourselves that there is a perct system. lehrer: there is no such thing. >> there no su thing as a perft system. and in particular when are you talking about watch lists and noly lists. we are still deang with a name base system. largely relyg on the fact...
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brennan is very concerned about future attempts. >> reporter: the u.s. and british embassies in yemen were shuttered on sunday, a direct response to a threat there. >> there are indications that al-qaeda has planned an attack on the capital in yemen. >> reporter: he defended the u.s. intelligence community against criticism that information about mudallad should have been clear. >> there was no smoking gun or that this guy is a terrorist and is gwen to get on a plane. >> reporter: on "meet the press" he admitted to a failure to connect the bits and pieces of information. >> we need to make sure this never happens again. >> reporter: if there are more plots being planned there is much concern about the administration's decision not to charge abdulmutallab as an enemy combattant. that allows the suspect to refuse cooperation for months. >> this is war and it's time that we reacted to the war attacks that are coming at us. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee of which bond is a member will begin hearings on the matter january 21st. as for those fu
brennan is very concerned about future attempts. >> reporter: the u.s. and british embassies in yemen were shuttered on sunday, a direct response to a threat there. >> there are indications that al-qaeda has planned an attack on the capital in yemen. >> reporter: he defended the u.s. intelligence community against criticism that information about mudallad should have been clear. >> there was no smoking gun or that this guy is a terrorist and is gwen to get on a plane....
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department security adviser john brennan. thanks for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> there's news that the united states embassy and the british embassy in yemen are closed this morning. what does the intelligence show us about the threats? >> it shows the threat that al qaeda poses in the area. the intelligence available was looked at. the attacks possibly against the embassy and personnel, we decided it was the prudent thing to do to close the embassy. >> a live threat, an active threat? >> there is. al qaeda has several hundred members in yemen. they've grown in strength. i've been to yemen twice. we're continuing a dialogue. weave provided equipment and training. we've known about it for awhile. we're determined to destroy al qaeda in pakistan, afghanistan, or yemen. we'll get there. >> a counterterrorism police force is being set up in yemen. is this a new front? does it require more american boots on the ground in yemen? >> we've been investing in yemen for many months now. we're working closely with the yemen yemenis and intern
department security adviser john brennan. thanks for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> there's news that the united states embassy and the british embassy in yemen are closed this morning. what does the intelligence show us about the threats? >> it shows the threat that al qaeda poses in the area. the intelligence available was looked at. the attacks possibly against the embassy and personnel, we decided it was the prudent thing to do to close the embassy....
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brennan talked about will, in fact, fix it? >> i think the right direction and certainly the right steps in light of the current case and the current case study and the thing that were discovered that went wrong. i worry know that we not delude ourselves that there is a perfect system. >> lehrer: there is no such thing. >> there no such thing as a perfect system. and in particular when are you talking about watch lists and no-fly lists. we are still dealing with a name base system. largely relying on the fact that people use their real name when they check in, use their real passport. but we know that the bad guys are constantly innovating, constantly finding ways around our screening. may use aliases, false passports,. and so we have to have a dual system of intense intelligence gathering with the types of skraening that will allow us to find the hidden explosives. and no system is perfect, unfortunately. >> lehrer: how do you feel about the fixes, mr. clarke? >> we've got a good system. it can be made better. the great news h
brennan talked about will, in fact, fix it? >> i think the right direction and certainly the right steps in light of the current case and the current case study and the thing that were discovered that went wrong. i worry know that we not delude ourselves that there is a perfect system. >> lehrer: there is no such thing. >> there no such thing as a perfect system. and in particular when are you talking about watch lists and no-fly lists. we are still dealing with a name base...
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brennan, john brennan, we saw the president's counterterrorism advisor, hardened cia veteran i'm told is really worried. that what they learned about al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the fact that al-awlaki has the terror training camps, many individuals have been there and trained there. not just abdulmutallab. there are other abdulmutallabs who have been trained. we don't know where they are. there were cells in africa and coordination with afghanistan and pakistan. it's an alarming situation. i hope the president himself and the administration is now really going to be much more aggressive. >> well, when i hear brit and bill talking this way, i think you know what? this situation is now highly politicized and people are looking to take political advantage and beat president obama and democrats over the head as somehow being weak on national security. which is just not the -- wait a second. >> i want the president to succeed on this. >> good, i'm glad! i'm an american. >> say the system failed. say the system failed. that's not political to say the system failed. >> no, you're say
brennan, john brennan, we saw the president's counterterrorism advisor, hardened cia veteran i'm told is really worried. that what they learned about al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the fact that al-awlaki has the terror training camps, many individuals have been there and trained there. not just abdulmutallab. there are other abdulmutallabs who have been trained. we don't know where they are. there were cells in africa and coordination with afghanistan and pakistan. it's an alarming...
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brennan, thank you. we are joined by two members of the bush administration's national security team. former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff and former director of the cia, michael hayden. welcome to both of you. general hayden, let me begin with you. reaction to what you heard here from mr. brennan, specifically on new threats being posed by yemen and al qaeda in yemen. >> i agree totally with what john pointed out. we've been watching yemen. as pressure increased in pakistan we always look to yemen and somalia as a place where the senior leadership could slip to. the senior leadership has not gone there but we've seen a steady growth in al qaeda since 2006, there was a massive jail break in yemen, about two dozen al qaeda members incarcerated escaped, from that point on we've seen the steady growth of al qaeda and their use of yemen as a safe haven. >> should there be accountability on the part of bush national security officials like yourself at a time when there were detainees from gu
brennan, thank you. we are joined by two members of the bush administration's national security team. former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff and former director of the cia, michael hayden. welcome to both of you. general hayden, let me begin with you. reaction to what you heard here from mr. brennan, specifically on new threats being posed by yemen and al qaeda in yemen. >> i agree totally with what john pointed out. we've been watching yemen. as pressure increased in...
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at the top of the hour, we are going to be talking to john brennan who is the president's top white house advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism. i will tell you we pre taped it, and it is a chilling interview. it's about the significance, the strength of al-qaeda in yemen, the fact that they closed the u.s. embassy because he said there was a very credible threat that al-qaida was going to try to attack our embassy there. he also talks about the very credible possibility there may be more abdul mutalab's, more of these young would-be terrorists who are going to try to attack the u.s. and the west. people ought to stick around. it is a very chilling interview. >> chris, we're also hearing that mr. brennan himself was actually briefed in october that the yemeni operative tried to use the same underwear bombing technique to kill a saudi prince. there are also reports of high level briefings about possible holiday threats. if these things come to be more clear is there going to be a political fall-out to this? >> reporter: it is one of the questions we asked. that's really the bot
at the top of the hour, we are going to be talking to john brennan who is the president's top white house advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism. i will tell you we pre taped it, and it is a chilling interview. it's about the significance, the strength of al-qaeda in yemen, the fact that they closed the u.s. embassy because he said there was a very credible threat that al-qaida was going to try to attack our embassy there. he also talks about the very credible possibility there may...
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john brennan will report to me after that. all of these agencies and their leaders are responsible for implementing these reforms. all will be held accountable if they do not. moreover, i am less interested in passing of blame then learning from in correcting these mistakes to make us safer. ultimately, the buck stops with me. as president, i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and with the system fails, it is my responsibility. we face in protecting our country again state foe that is bent on our destruction. let's be clear about what this moment demands. we are at war. we are at war against al qaeda, a park -- a network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11 and killed more than 3000 people and is plotting to kill us again -- attack us again. we have made progress. the al qaeda leadership has been damaged. we have worked closely with yemen to live like major blows against leaders. we have saved american lives. we know that the vast majority of muslims reject al qaeda. it is clear that a
john brennan will report to me after that. all of these agencies and their leaders are responsible for implementing these reforms. all will be held accountable if they do not. moreover, i am less interested in passing of blame then learning from in correcting these mistakes to make us safer. ultimately, the buck stops with me. as president, i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and with the system fails, it is my responsibility. we face in protecting our country...
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. >> reporter: the deputy national security adviser, john brennan, was out in force today, tamping down suggests of major military action. >> the government there has demonstrated their willingness to take the fight to al qaeda, willing to accept our support. >> reporter: but some lawmakers say fighting al qaeda in yemen is complicated by the administration's effort to close guantanamo bay. >> the core group of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is formed by former gitmo detainees. these are people who were held in gitmo, have been return and now gone back to the battlefield. >> reporter: there are roughly 90 yes, ma'am mennies stl detained at guantanamo bay, and despite calls to stop transfers to yemen, today, the deputy national security adviser john brennan said the program will continue and future transfers will be assessed on a case by case basis, dan. >> rachel martin, thank you. we turn now to senior national security correspondent martha raddatz, on the ground in yemen tonight. martha, tell us, how big a presence does al qaeda have on the ground there, and how big a threat do you
. >> reporter: the deputy national security adviser, john brennan, was out in force today, tamping down suggests of major military action. >> the government there has demonstrated their willingness to take the fight to al qaeda, willing to accept our support. >> reporter: but some lawmakers say fighting al qaeda in yemen is complicated by the administration's effort to close guantanamo bay. >> the core group of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is formed by former gitmo...
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and lester, john brennan, you saw him there, he's the president's top adviser on homeland security. he says that while there was no smoking gun that would have foiled that attempted bombing of the airliner on christmas morning there were enough points of information where the intelligence agencies of this country should have connected the dots. they did not. and they consider that here a failure across the board. lester? >> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> and let's turn now to nbc's chuck todd, who is traveling with the president in hawaii, and our chief foern correspondent richard engel here in new york. richard, let me begin with you if i can. how and why is the nature of the al qaeda threat in yemen suddenly changing? >> the al qaeda threat in yemen is getting bigger and the militants in that country are also on the forefront of developing a new kind of strategy for al qaeda, a more do-it-yourself model. al qaeda for years has been trying to outdo 9/11, organize another massive attack that al qaeda could be proud of, if you could call it that. al qaeda in
and lester, john brennan, you saw him there, he's the president's top adviser on homeland security. he says that while there was no smoking gun that would have foiled that attempted bombing of the airliner on christmas morning there were enough points of information where the intelligence agencies of this country should have connected the dots. they did not. and they consider that here a failure across the board. lester? >> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>>...
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. >>> today on "meet the press" deputy national security adviser john brennan will talk with david gregory how the terror attempt christmas day might have been prevented and also on the show former homeland security chairman michael cher tofr a tough and michael haden. check your local listings for the times in your area. >>> we're in the mid-of a record blast of cold air. maine is bracing for what could be a one-two punch, a combination of strong winds and falling snow will lead to blizzard or near blizzard conditions in parts of the state. take a look at the big waves the storm stirred up along the massachusetts coast on saturday. it left homes flooded and beaches in danger of further erosion, plus 6 to 10 inches of snow blanketed massachusetts. more snow is in the forecast for the state, and also, for upstate new york. in buffalo, windchills in buffalo are expected to fall well below zero. meteorologist alex wallace joins us now from the weather channel in atlanta with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you. no doubt about it, the snowy scene, the cold, that is the situation h
. >>> today on "meet the press" deputy national security adviser john brennan will talk with david gregory how the terror attempt christmas day might have been prevented and also on the show former homeland security chairman michael cher tofr a tough and michael haden. check your local listings for the times in your area. >>> we're in the mid-of a record blast of cold air. maine is bracing for what could be a one-two punch, a combination of strong winds and falling...
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. >>> in light of the christmas day attempted terror attack, john brennan defended the u.s. intelligence community against criticism that information about the suspect should have been clear. but did admit there was a failure to connect the bits and pieces of information. also the u.s. and british embassies in yemen were closed in response to a threat from al-qaeda. >> there are indications that al-qaeda has planned to carry out an attack in the capital of yemen. i spoke with our ambassador. the british and u.s. embassies have been closed. >> reporter: the tsa announced passengers flying into the u.s. from certain countries will be subject to enhanced screening. the countries are cuba, iran, sudan, syria, yemen, nigeria and pakistan. >>> the u.s. secret service investigating an effigy of barack obama. it was found hanging by a noose in plains, georgia, the hometown of former president jimmy carter. volunteer firefighters were called to cut it down >>> a car drove into an icy rock creek. a driver inside died. the victim identified as 22-year-old joshua coleman of arlington. r
. >>> in light of the christmas day attempted terror attack, john brennan defended the u.s. intelligence community against criticism that information about the suspect should have been clear. but did admit there was a failure to connect the bits and pieces of information. also the u.s. and british embassies in yemen were closed in response to a threat from al-qaeda. >> there are indications that al-qaeda has planned to carry out an attack in the capital of yemen. i spoke with our...
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we talked a lot about john brennan. janet napolitano, but that office was created to do exactly what the president says did not happen. >> it is clear in both administrations ever since 9/11 we have layered up the bureaucracy. it actually impedes the process at times. i think as for dennis blair the president making mention of him makes it clear his job is probably safe and the president also made it clear yesterday in his, kind of, trying to be the unbush remarks, that no one's head is going to roll right now. he is taking full responsibility. i don't know if dennis blair's job is safe six weeks from now, but for now appears the president was said this was a collective failure. he is not taking anyone to town specifically. martha: you have to ask yourself, all anybody really cares about it. peter newman, let me get to you on this. do you think that we are going to have any streamlining or maybe get rid of some of these jobs? >> all the western intelligence agents since 9/11 are shortly afterwards have added people, add
we talked a lot about john brennan. janet napolitano, but that office was created to do exactly what the president says did not happen. >> it is clear in both administrations ever since 9/11 we have layered up the bureaucracy. it actually impedes the process at times. i think as for dennis blair the president making mention of him makes it clear his job is probably safe and the president also made it clear yesterday in his, kind of, trying to be the unbush remarks, that no one's head is...
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john brennan is saying the u.s. is not taking any chances with the lives of our embassy personnel. he says the failed u.s. terror attack will not change plans to close the gitmo prison. lawmakers are calling on the obama administration right now to stop sending yemeni gitmo detainees back to their home country citing the terrorist threat there. but brennan says some will be sent back at the right time under the right conditions. >>> you go outside, brr. much of the u.s. in a record-breaking deep freeze. temperatures are plunging. even in south florida farmers are trying to just protect their crops. northern plain states, rocky mountains, all of you guys experiencing record low temperatures. >>> those are some of the top stories for this sunday. "amanpour." continues in just a moment. >>> welcome back. we have a story now about a form of slavery that dates back through the ages and continues to this day in some parts of the world. women and girls used as currency by their impoverished families when there's drought or when times are really hard. they're forced into lives of sexual ex
john brennan is saying the u.s. is not taking any chances with the lives of our embassy personnel. he says the failed u.s. terror attack will not change plans to close the gitmo prison. lawmakers are calling on the obama administration right now to stop sending yemeni gitmo detainees back to their home country citing the terrorist threat there. but brennan says some will be sent back at the right time under the right conditions. >>> you go outside, brr. much of the u.s. in a...
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and despite calls to stop detainee transfers to yemen, national security adviser john brennan says the program will continue and future transfers ll be assessed on a case-by-case basis. rachel martin, abc news, washington. >>> and our senior national security correspondent martha raddatz is in yemen this morning. she reports how the country's armed forces are responding to the growing al qaeda threat. >> reporter: we traveled down to the gulf of aden and i watched a review of security forces with the general who commands those forces. he gave a very powerful speech. he said they are going to fight al qaeda. they're going to sacrifice their blood and their souls to fight al qae. they want to take care of this themselves but they do want help and they're getting a lot more help. a lot more trainers are coming in here to train the counterterrorist forces here in yemen. but i don't think you'll see a huge force here. >> the yemeni foreign minister estimates hundreds of al qaeda members are in the country. martha raddatz continues her week of reporting from yemen coming up on "good morning
and despite calls to stop detainee transfers to yemen, national security adviser john brennan says the program will continue and future transfers ll be assessed on a case-by-case basis. rachel martin, abc news, washington. >>> and our senior national security correspondent martha raddatz is in yemen this morning. she reports how the country's armed forces are responding to the growing al qaeda threat. >> reporter: we traveled down to the gulf of aden and i watched a review of...
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is john brennan up to his job? is he a person by temp perment, experience and judgment capable of being the chief intelligence official advising the president of the united states? >> my experience with brennan is a long one, not a close one, so i'm not unbiased observer. my observation over the course of his career that he mostly made his career by kissing other people's behinds. i don't think he is a person who is going to tell the president something the president doesn't want to hear. but he is a person who will flag the line of the president. whether it's closing guantanamo, or, you know, any other thing. he's dependable in that regard. >> is he correct when he says it is impossible for the government to keep us absolutely safe? >> it is impossible for the recent governments we've had because they don't really care, sir. we have spent this whole week convulsivulsed over air securit for example. it's important to have air security. but the enormous number of miles, 5,000, 6,000 of open borders and seacoast seac
is john brennan up to his job? is he a person by temp perment, experience and judgment capable of being the chief intelligence official advising the president of the united states? >> my experience with brennan is a long one, not a close one, so i'm not unbiased observer. my observation over the course of his career that he mostly made his career by kissing other people's behinds. i don't think he is a person who is going to tell the president something the president doesn't want to hear....
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on a sunday talk show, counter- terrorism adviser john brennan admitted the intelligence issue had failed to connect a series of dots. he says the system is not broken. >> there was no piece of intelligence but said this man is a terrorist. we might have had a partial name, but there was nothing that brought it together. >> that have haunting echoes for the 9-11 commission share, who argues the delegation has been distracted by health care and other distractions. a former cia chief michael hayden says it is important -- a time for ordinary americans to make tough choices. >> what is the balance the american people want between their privacy and the security? >> the u.s. and british embassies have been ordered closed and make new evidence of kited is planning a new attack. u.s. officials -- al qaeda is planning a new attack. u.s. officials say they are not taking any chances. >> also in washington, a jogger makes a grim discovery this morning. a car frozen in the waters of rock creek with the men inside. we will have an update on his condition after the break. -- with a man inside. we will
on a sunday talk show, counter- terrorism adviser john brennan admitted the intelligence issue had failed to connect a series of dots. he says the system is not broken. >> there was no piece of intelligence but said this man is a terrorist. we might have had a partial name, but there was nothing that brought it together. >> that have haunting echoes for the 9-11 commission share, who argues the delegation has been distracted by health care and other distractions. a former cia chief...
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john brennan says government agencies had information on abdulmutallab but failed to connect the dots. brennan insists, though, none of the information stood out as a major red flag. >> clearly the system didn't work. we had a problem in terms of why abdulmutallab got on that plane. there is no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there that said he was a terrorist, going to carry out this attack against that aircraft. we had bits and pieces of information. >> the u.s. embassy closed today because of threats from al qaeda against u.s. interests in the country. not clear as to when it might re-open. the british embassy also closed in yemen but may re-open tomorrow. yesterday president obama linked the plane terror suspect to an al ckqaeda affiliate based in yemen. >>> snowy and cold for a lot of holiday travelers. who has more on that? cnn meteorologist reynolds wolf. >> we're following two big weather stories today. one is going to be the chance of heavy snowfall in parts of the northeast. the second story the cool temperatures. let's handle the snowfall first. this area of low press
john brennan says government agencies had information on abdulmutallab but failed to connect the dots. brennan insists, though, none of the information stood out as a major red flag. >> clearly the system didn't work. we had a problem in terms of why abdulmutallab got on that plane. there is no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there that said he was a terrorist, going to carry out this attack against that aircraft. we had bits and pieces of information. >> the u.s. embassy...
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. >> reporter: on the sunday talk shows, white house counterterrrorism adviser, john brennan committed the nation's intelligence agencies had but failed to connect a series of dots. still, he insists the system wasn't broken. >> there was no smoking gun. we might have had a partial name but there was nothing that brought it altogether. >> reporter: that echo tom contain, who argues the obama administration has been distracted by heating care and other challenges. >> it's understandable but not acceptable. >> reporter: former cia and hsa chief michael hayden said it's time for ordinary americans to make some tough choices. >> what's the balance the american people want between their privacy and their security? >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.s. and british embassies in yemen have been ordered close amid new evidence al qaeda is planning another attack. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> there is a big chill for a big part of the nation this morning as millions of americans try and shake off a deep winter freeze. whether it's blinding snow or bone-chilling cold, january is making its m
. >> reporter: on the sunday talk shows, white house counterterrrorism adviser, john brennan committed the nation's intelligence agencies had but failed to connect a series of dots. still, he insists the system wasn't broken. >> there was no smoking gun. we might have had a partial name but there was nothing that brought it altogether. >> reporter: that echo tom contain, who argues the obama administration has been distracted by heating care and other challenges. >> it's...
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in september, john brennan travelled to sawed r ed tled to received a briefing. you can go down this list on and on. in november we were attacked -- >> the president had a record number of drone attacks. >> in november we were attacked at ft. hood by someone with connections in yemen, and the christmas day attack. after the president's press conference, you had john brennan and janet napolitano. she was surprised that individuals would take us. there's clearly a problem here. i disagree with george. i don't think that the briefings have begun to give americans comfort. >> does the president have to do more? >> i think neither the bush administration or, so far, the obama administration hat fired up the groups to take account of what is not a single al qaeda. it's a hydra-headed monster. the strategic direction is centralized. that's difficult to get at all of this. yemen who really thought about yemen? why yem season on the map at all. yem season running out of oil, water. i mean, i'm reminded of what countries did in the cold war. they would say, there's a commu
in september, john brennan travelled to sawed r ed tled to received a briefing. you can go down this list on and on. in november we were attacked -- >> the president had a record number of drone attacks. >> in november we were attacked at ft. hood by someone with connections in yemen, and the christmas day attack. after the president's press conference, you had john brennan and janet napolitano. she was surprised that individuals would take us. there's clearly a problem here. i...
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. >> shannon: welsh the president's counterterrorism advisor john brennan spent the past week trying to figure out if intelligence is shared effectively between various intel agencies. tomorrow, chris wallace will sit down with brennan and missouri senator, vice chair of the senate select intel committee. check your local listings for the time and channel for fox news sunday. well, passengers on a united airlines flight got a scare when their plane was forced to turn around because of security concerns. when passengers boarded flight 7445 from st. louis to chicago they had to be manually checked in because the computers were down. shortly after takeoff, computers started working again and authorities discovered one person's name was on a restricted passengers list. the airline later learned the passenger on the plane and the person on the list were not the same, but as you can imagine right now, no one is taking any chances. amid safety concerns about air travel, a lot of attention is focused on the president's pick to head up the transportation security administration. and now, that
. >> shannon: welsh the president's counterterrorism advisor john brennan spent the past week trying to figure out if intelligence is shared effectively between various intel agencies. tomorrow, chris wallace will sit down with brennan and missouri senator, vice chair of the senate select intel committee. check your local listings for the time and channel for fox news sunday. well, passengers on a united airlines flight got a scare when their plane was forced to turn around because of...
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after the president's press conference, you had john brennan and janet napolitano. they both said they were surprised that al qaeda in yemen was operational. napolitano went on to say she was surprised that individuals would attack us. there's clearly a problem here. i disagree with george. i don't think that the briefings have begun to give americans comfort. >> does the president have to do more? >> i think neither the bush administration or, so far, the obama administration has geared up the groups to take account of what is not a single al qaeda. it's a hydra-headed monster. the strategic direction is centralized. maybe some training. that's difficult to get at all of this. yemen, who really thought about yemen? why yemen is on the map at all. yemeis running o of oil, water. i mean, i'm reminded of what small countries used to do in the colder war. if nay wanted attention and aid, they would say there's a communist insurrection here. yemen has an al qaeda branch. yemen is not fighting that al qaeda branch all that hard because it's way of getting international a
after the president's press conference, you had john brennan and janet napolitano. they both said they were surprised that al qaeda in yemen was operational. napolitano went on to say she was surprised that individuals would attack us. there's clearly a problem here. i disagree with george. i don't think that the briefings have begun to give americans comfort. >> does the president have to do more? >> i think neither the bush administration or, so far, the obama administration has...
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john brennan will report back to me within 30 days and on a regular basis after that. all of these agencies and their leaders are responsible for implementing these reforms and all will be held accountable if they do not. moreover, i am less interested in passing out blame it than i am and learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. ultimately, the buck stops with me. as president, i have a responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails is my responsibility. over the past two weeks, we have been reminded of the challenge we face in protecting our country against of vote that is bent on our destruction. while politics can obscure the hard work before us, let us be clear about what this moment demands. we are at work. we are at war against al qaeda, a far reaching network that detectives on 9/11, that killed 3000 innocent people and is plotting to strike again. we will do whatever it takes to defeat them. we have made progress. al qaeda's leadership has hunkered down. we have worked with partners including yemen to inflate
john brennan will report back to me within 30 days and on a regular basis after that. all of these agencies and their leaders are responsible for implementing these reforms and all will be held accountable if they do not. moreover, i am less interested in passing out blame it than i am and learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. ultimately, the buck stops with me. as president, i have a responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails is my...